archive for June 2009

• Kingston On The Edge Urban Arts Festival Starts Tomorrow

  18 June 2009 by Karin in Happenings On The Edge [ 5 comments ]

  Kingston On The Edge Schedule   Background to KOTE KOTE is the largest Studio & Performing Arts festival in the English-speaking Caribbean. Kingston On the Edge Urban Art Festival is the brainchild of five young art enthusiasts and friends who wanted to showcase Jamaican artists ...

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• Brand New Machine Presents Rafaello Jewellers

  17 June 2009 by Karin in Happenings On The Edge [ no comments ]

  YardEdge talks to Steve Urchin... SO WHAT'S BRAND NEW MACHINE ANYWAY?

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• Up And Coming Artists The Best And The Brightest – Phillip Thomas

  17 June 2009 by Karin in Art [ no comments ]

  YardEdge's new guest blogger, Petrine Archer-Straw is profiling some of the up and coming young artists to watch on the local scene. The N Train (2008) Phillip Thomas Phillip Thomas currently lives and studies in New York but continues to exhibit ...

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• Kingston On The Edge 2009 Schedule

  16 June 2009 by Karin in Happenings On The Edge [ 2 comments ]

    Kingston On The Edge Urban Art Festival (KOTE) is a nine day celebration of creativity that has quickly become a much anticipated fixture on the Jamaican art calendar.

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• Red Stripe Presents “It Was Written” Feat. Terry Lynn

  15 June 2009 by Karin in Music [ 3 comments ]

  Red Stripe presents a new compilation celebrating Jamaican music featuring Terry Lynn and Johan Hugo.  Free digital download...

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• “What A Lovely Way To Burn” Women’s Media Watch Show Reviewed

  14 June 2009 by Karin in Drama [ no comments ]

  YardEdge welcomes new guest blogger, Karen Hutchinson, who reviewed the recently held show presented by Women's Media Watch.    [caption id="attachment_4814" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Afolashade as Clarkey"][/caption]

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• Major Lazer Launch At Quad Tonight

  12 June 2009 by Karin in Music [ 4 comments ]

  Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do Producers/DJs Diplo & Switch (of M.I.A. "Paper Planes" fame among other things) launch their "Major Lazer" project tonight at Quad in New Kingston. Guaranteed to be different, this is a project that will further spin the ...

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• Jamaican Berette Macaulay Collaborates With Nina Buisson In NYC Avant-Garde (dance) Festival

  11 June 2009 by Karin in Dance [ 2 comments ]

      This weekend is the inauguration of the Avant-Garde (dance) Festival at the gargantuan (Judson Church in Washington Sq Park) with choreographer Nina Buisson and several other guest artists.

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